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Following is a complete list of American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) pilots. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The AVG was operational from December 20, 1941, to July 14, 1942. The press continued to apply the Flying Tigers name to later units, but pilots of those organizations are not included.
From 1982 to 1990 she worked as an Aerospace Physiology Specialist at Beale Air Force Base in California. She was responsible for training SR-71 and U-2 pilots in hypobaric and hyperbaric operations. McDougle specialized in working with pressure suits. She fitted the suits to individual pilots and suited up the pilots for training flights and ...
Carlo Schmid, youngest solo pilot to fly around the world; Jon Scott, American journalist, anchor for Fox News channel; Al Secord, former NHL player; Ryan Shore, Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated composer for film, television, games, theater and records; Nevil Shute, popular British novelist; successful aeronautical engineer; Dean Smith, American ...
Richard "Dick" Ira Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Heather Penney – Former Air Force major and F-16 fighter pilot whose mission (along with three other pilots, including USAF Major Daniel Caine, Captain Brandon Rasmussen and Lieutenant General Marc Sasseville) on 9/11 was to find United Flight 93 and destroy it however they could, including ramming the aircraft.
Don Moss, the pilot of the other plane, along with his passenger and Kauffman's passenger were not injured. [ 285 ] 22 May – American Legion Air Circus ( Delano, California , United States) – Pilot Fred Larson, flying the sister ship of the Spirit of St. Louis , was killed and passenger William Simmons was injured after their plane lost ...
American pioneering aviator and test pilot who made the first high-altitude flights by man using Montgomery gliders in 1905. [130] (†) Glider, Santa Clara, California. Hiram Stevens Maxim: 5 Feb 1840 24 Nov 1916 United States (United Kingdom) Science Design Construction Rotor Propeller
Joseph D. Elsberry (April 25, 1921 – March 31, 1985) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer and a prolific African-American World War II fighter pilot in the 332nd Fighter Group's 301st Fighter Squadron, best known as the famed Tuskegee Airmen, "Red Tails," or “Schwartze Vogelmenschen” ("Black Birdmen") among enemy German pilots. [1]